Word: fours
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Whereas, The triumph of the Columbia College four - the representative of American college oarsmen at the international regatta at Henley-on-the-Thames, London, on the memorable 4th and 5th days of July, 1878 - redounds so directly and justly to the glory of our common country, that the governments and people of every section thereof should manifest their appreciation of the glorious victory there won by the most enthusiastic demonstrations of commendation and praise of the gallant four who so manfully upheld the honor of their native land on the anniversary of its natal day at the capital...
FROM Mr. Blakie's own lips, we learn that he has no intention of foreclosing his mortgage on the boats and oars belonging to the four clubs, either this spring or next autumn. It would be very poor policy, besides, if he should foreclose, for he could not get enough money from the boats to cover his loss. Another interesting fact which the Advocate seems to have overlooked is, that Mr. Blakie has a lease of the club boat-house of the Corporation, and that this lease will not expire until a year from next October. If he should sell...
...watched their rowing that they had not broken themselves of a bad habit of pausing, or "hanging" at the beginning of the stroke. For the next half-mile Harvard kept the same stroke; but at the end of the third quarter, when the crimson was four lengths ahead of the blue, they slackened to 34 strokes per minute, while Yale was rowing 32. At the beginning of the second mile Yale gained about a length on our crew by pulling 34 to the minute, but lost it before the end of that mile. The Harvard crew did not pull...
Harvard's time in the New London race (20 min. 44 8/5 sec.) is the best time made in the four University regattas with eight-oared shells. It would probably have been several seconds better if our crew had not caught their oars in the eelgrass near the start...
SUMMARY.New London, Conn. June 28, 1878. Third annual race of eight-oared University crews, four miles, straight away...